Loom reed



May l, 1923. 1,453,533

l L'. STROHACKER LOOM REED Filed May 15, 1922 "IZ Q /5- @attested Maly 1, 1923.

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LOUIS STROEACKER, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN OR T STRUCTO MANUFACTUR- ING- COMPANY, OF'FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

LOOM

Application sled May 15.

To all 'whomt may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUis STROHACKER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Freeport, Stephenson County, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loom Reeds, of which'the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to loom reeds and its principal objects are to simplify the construction of loom reeds; to reduce the cost of manufacture thereof; to simplify the work of assembling the arts, andl to otherwise improve thereon. VVlith these and other objects 1 5 and advantages in view, this invention consists in the several novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed. Y

The invention'isclearly illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in central, longitudinal' section through a loom reed, embodying a simple 25 form of the present invention; Fig. v2 is a vertical, cross section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a erspective view of a fragment of one of tlie dent holding bars employed.

Referring to said drawing, which illustrates a simple embodiment of the invention,.. the loom reeAl comprises two side frame members 4, 4, two spaced, horizontal, dent holding bars 15, 6, extending therebetween, the 4dents 7, and means for spacing the dents apart, and for securin the parts together.

The side frame mem rs 4 are channel shaped, and are placed with the channels facing each other. yThe vdent holding bars 5 l0 6, are preferably formed of sheet metal folded up along their median lines to provide structures having somewhat the form of a U shape, in cross section, .the two sides lof. which are bent into arcuate' or substan- 5 tially semi-circular parts 10, the concave sides of which face each other and form a substantially cylindrical like ychannel 8l that runs from end to en d of the dent holding bars. The dents 7 are preferably formed of n flat wire and extend into the channels VA8 of..

the dent holding bars, where they are spaced apart by spacers, here shown as comprisingl discs 9 which are contained in the channels i 8 of the dent holding bars. Locatedv in the pertains. y v

vMore or less variation as-to the exact de-v REED.

1922. Serial No. 560,909.

channels of the side frame members 4, ybetween the end dents 7a and members 4, are blocks 11, 12, which, if desired, may be of suflicient length to lill in the spaces between theend dents-and side frame members.

To compensate for any unevenness or variation in the spacing of the dents, coiled compression springs 13 may be interposed in the channels 8 lofthe 'dent holding bars 5, 6, at one or both ends thereof, between the end dents and side frame members. Long bolts or threaded tie rods 14, and nuts 15 threaded thereon, connect the side frame members 4, and as a preference the-tie rods extend through the hollows of the dent holding bars 5, 6. The U lbends'of said bars 5, 6, are spaced away from the arcuate 0rtions 10' to leave flat parallel side portions 16 and the tie rods extend through the hollows between thesaid l'lat portions and between ithe U bends and extreme end of the dents. When the nuts 15 are screwed up, the side frame members 4 are brought to bear against the ends of the dent holding` bars 5, 6, and thewfiller blocks 11, and springs 13, and the dents 7 and discs 9 are therefore firmly clamped in place. To reenforce the frame, a substantially U shaped brace 17 is inserted at the lower ends of the side frame members 4, the legs 18 of which extend up into the channels of the side frame members. The loom reed is pivotally mounted on loom frame members 19, and' is actuated inI the usual manner well known to those skilled in the' art to'which this invention tails of construction is possible without departing from the spirit of this invention; I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the construction shown and described, but intend, in the following closed herein.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: l

1. A loom reed comprising two pivotally supported, side frame members; grooved horizontal members abutting against said side frame members and extending crosswise therebetween with their grooves. facing each other, dents extending between said horizontal members with their end portions entering thev groovesfthereof, spacing discs coV claims, to point out all of the invention dis- A between said reeds, spacing members between the reeds and side frame members, and tie rods, with meansv thereon, for holding said side frame members in contact with esaid horizontal members, with the dents held under pressure between the side frame members;

2. A loom reed, comprising two pivotally Supported, side frame mem-bers; grooved.-

supported, side frame members, groovedl dent holding. bars abutting against saidl trame members and extending erosswise. therebetween, with their grooves facing each other, spaced dents extending between said bars with their end portions entering the grooves thereof, resilient members inter` posed between the dents and side frame members, and tie rods with means thereon for holding said side frame members in contact with said dent holding bars. with the dents held under pressure between said side frame members. Y

4. A loom reed comprising two pivotally supported, side frame members, upper and lower dent holding members substantially U shaped in cross section, the sides thereof having outwardly bulging portions, forming with each other a channel, dents extendinffrom one dent holding member to the other with their end portions. passing through said channels, spacing discs in said channels, between said dents, and means for clamping said dents and dises together be` tween said side frame members.

` 5. A loom reed. comprising-two pivotally supported, side i' rame members, upper and lower -dent'holding bars, substantially U shaped in cross section, the sides o't' which are bulged outwardly to form a channel therebetween, dents extending between said hars with their end portions passing through said channels, spacing discs located in said channels between the dents, andtie rods extending through the' hollows of said bars along the ends of said dents, there being nuts upon said "tie rods for clamping the side frame members upon the dent holding bars, and clamping said dents and discs between said side frame members.

LOUIS STROHACKER. 

